Love and Affection - Courtney Pine

Melody

• Melismas

• Conjunct

• Occasional blue notes

Harmony

• Really boring 😕

• Usually just triad chords

• Some added 4ths and 9ths

• Some inversions

Rhythm/Metre/Tempo

• Syncopation

• backbeat on drums

• stop time

• Opening is free rhythm

Texture

• Melody and accompaniment

• Polyphonic at places

Tonality

Minor

Instrumentation

• Bass guitar

• R&B Vocals - lead and backing

  • lots of melisma - typical feature of R&B vocals

  • R&B singer - Kele le Roc

• Drum kit

• Tenor sax

• Synth strings

• Bass clarinet

Dynamics/Articulation

none

Structure

• Not a typical structure

• Intro b1-31

• Refrain b32

• Middle eight b46

• Refrain b54

• Instrumental b66-75

• Outro b84